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Have you ever heard of the character, Domo? Domo is a famous character in Japan. He's a monster who constantly has his mouth open. There's no need to fear him though, because he's actually sweet and cuddly despite his looks. Domo or Domo-kun, is the official mascot character of NHK, which is Japan's national public broadcasting organization. His name is a Japanese pun from the word どうも (doumo). Domo means "hello there," which depicts Domo's kind and friendly nature.   

Hario Co., Ltd. is a Japanese company that manufactures professional and household coffee equipment. This company specializes in the manufacture of heat-resistant glass products for making coffee. It´s a well known coffee goods company not just in Japan but all over the world.  Today we bring you a large collection of Hario´s best and most known Dripper, the Hario V60! This dripper´s name derives from the dripper’s “V” shap

We live in the 21th century, and we are sure that everyone of you already knows who Pokemon is. But if you are a young parent, maybe your little children won´t still know this character and all the series about this little monster and all of his friends and their many adventures. In 2006 the famous franchise celebrated its 10th anniversary! Pokemon, as we know it, is a super multi-media video game, manga, trading card game and televised anime franchise. Firstly created and developed for G

Pilot has a number of pens under the Custom Heritage name and their number naming convention can be a little confusing some times. The Pilot Custom Heritage 91, 92 & 912 are a member of the classic Pilot Custom range of fine writing instruments.  Pilot Custom Heritage 91   The Custom Heritage 91 pen was released by Pilot in different colorways that match the color of some of Pilot's Iroshizuku inks: Tsuki-Yo (blueish), Yama-Guri (brownish), and Yama-Budo (reddish pink). It does loo

Japanese stationery is unique, special and crazy, you never know what you´re going to find when you go to a Japanese stationery shop, you don´t even need to spend a lot of money to get something peculiar, the Japanese 100 yen shops are full of original stationery goods like tapes, stickers, notepads, letters & envelopes. Japanese stationery companies have the capacity to take those well known stationery goods, and transform them without modifying their usability. They&a

緑茶 (ryokucha) or Japanese green tea, is the top kind of tea that is consumed in Japan. There are many known health benefits from drinking green tea. For a beautiful life, drinking green tea is highly recommended, compared to its other tea counterparts. What is green tea made of though? And how is drinking green tea good for you? Let us at J-Subculture elaborate.  Japanese green tea is made from the plant, チャノキ (chanoki), or Camellia sinensis. The image above is a picture of th

Splatoon is a video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Wii U. The game centers around characters known as Inklings—beings that can transform between humanoid and squid forms, and hide or swim through colored ink sprayed on surfaces using gun or brush-based weaponry. Splatoon features several game modes, including 4-on-4 online multiplayer and a single player campaign. Splatoon players control characters called Inklings, who have the ability to shape-shift between human and s

Instant and cup noodles are a well known Asian and Japanese food. In fact instant noodles were invented by Mr Momofuku Ando which is probably one of the most important persons in Japan´s modern history. His company´s name is known around the world and the first one to produce instant noodles, Nissin Foods. This company´s main product, the well known "Cup Noodle" it is sold throughout the world.  According to a poll made in Japan on year 2000,

Coming home from after a long day working is truly a pleasure. Is the perfect moment to rest, to calm yourself down. And those precious moments will be more perfect if you decide to take a long bath… but not a simple one. A warm and delicate bath with the amazing Bath Roman Natural Skincare Japanese bath salts.    Bath Roman Natural SkinCare bath salt series features all kind of wonderful and natural herbal essences to help relax your tired body while it moisturizes your exhaust

For products, scroll down to the bottom ↓     It’s about time we dedicate an article to the hugely popular hobby of GUNPLA (ガンプラ Ganpura), which has been around for decades with a devoted and growing fan community in its homeland as well as abroad. Gunpla is the abbreviation (oh how Japanese like to abbreviate things!) of the words GUNDAM + PLASTIC MODEL and the products are manufactured by the renowned Japanese toy company BANDAI. Gunpla are customizable assemb